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jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. do you think the president should speed up the process of having afghan take control of the security? let me know on twitter. to me at bret baier. the politics, west virginia senator rockefeller will not seek a sixth term. the leader of the congressional delegation tells fox he is interested in the job. we learn the "state of the union" address is tuesday february 12, on lincoln's birthday. stocks were mixed today. the dow gained 17. s&p 500 was down a fraction. the nasdaq was up four. democratic state legislator wants her colleagues to take away the freedoms of conservatives and libertarians. we'll tell you where and why later in the grapevine. up next, it's official. the flu outbreak is now an epidemic. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom? i'm ok.
jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. do you think the president should speed up the process of having afghan take control of the security? let me know on twitter. to me at bret baier. the politics, west virginia senator rockefeller will not seek a sixth term. the leader of the congressional delegation tells fox he is interested in the job. we learn the "state of the union" address is tuesday february 12, on lincoln's birthday. stocks were mixed today. the dow gained 17....
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. >>> other news, the pentagon is getting ready for drastic cuts that could come in march if congress does not act. defense secretary leon panetta outlined contingency cuts, including freezing civilian hiring and curtailing maintenance. but promises combat troops and military families would not be shortchanged. >>> new details are emerging about the secret service prostitution scandal ahead of president obama's visit to colombia last year. a report found three drug enforcement administration agents stationed there had paid for sexual services for themselves and two of those agents hired a prostitute for a visiting secret service supervisor. they used their government issued blackberries to arrange those encounters and tried to delete the information. >>> major league baseball players are facing an increased number of tests for illegal drugs. a deal between management and the players means human growth hormone testing will be conducted throughout the season instead of just spring training. urine and blood tests will be admin sterd and every player will be tested at least once. >>> anot
. >>> other news, the pentagon is getting ready for drastic cuts that could come in march if congress does not act. defense secretary leon panetta outlined contingency cuts, including freezing civilian hiring and curtailing maintenance. but promises combat troops and military families would not be shortchanged. >>> new details are emerging about the secret service prostitution scandal ahead of president obama's visit to colombia last year. a report found three drug enforcement...
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the bus is replacing trains between pentagon and rosslyn. 20 minutes for that commute. red line trains single-tracking between friendship heights and vanessa pham and between road island avenue and fort totten. that'll add 15 minutes. green line shares will share a train between greenbelt and college park will take an additional 10 minutes. confirmation on any of these stories, go to our website wjla.com. >> jacqui jeras has what you need to know about your weekend forecast. look at that beautiful shot. >> the sun coming up. >> and your sunrise photos. i would love to see them. it's a really good day as far as temperatures. we will have clouds and showers this afternoon and for the commute home. ties in the upper 40's, low 50's today. the seven-day forecast includes 60 this weekend, rainfall next week. this time next week we will be much colder, much more seasonable. for the first time in a while for the snow lovers, january 26, we could have enough moisture for snow. >> for bowie commuters, don't worry about the 50 incident because it's just about clear. newschopper 7
the bus is replacing trains between pentagon and rosslyn. 20 minutes for that commute. red line trains single-tracking between friendship heights and vanessa pham and between road island avenue and fort totten. that'll add 15 minutes. green line shares will share a train between greenbelt and college park will take an additional 10 minutes. confirmation on any of these stories, go to our website wjla.com. >> jacqui jeras has what you need to know about your weekend forecast. look at that...
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i will do my best for our country, for those i represent at the pentagon, and for all our citizens. >> chuck hagel bucked the republican party establishment opposing the war in iraq. >> this is an in your face nomination by the president to all of us who are supportive of israel. >> he literally built and then led the national counterterrorism center. >> leading the agency in which i served for 25 years would be the greatest privilege, as well as the greatest responsibility of my professional life. >> it's like you almost have to face the devil, you know? as opposed to saying i don't want to know. >> you have a gun? >> yes. >> you still have a glock? >> yes. >> we're both gun owners. we are strong supporters of the second amendment. >> welcome back to work. >> thank you, matt. i have to say, matt, i missed you all. i wouldn't say that under normal circumstances. >> why would you do this to my new desk? what is wrong with you? >> it's out with the old, in with the new. we're going with 11:30. >> but this is -- this is the -- this was the new desk. >> jimmy had a very good week. also co
i will do my best for our country, for those i represent at the pentagon, and for all our citizens. >> chuck hagel bucked the republican party establishment opposing the war in iraq. >> this is an in your face nomination by the president to all of us who are supportive of israel. >> he literally built and then led the national counterterrorism center. >> leading the agency in which i served for 25 years would be the greatest privilege, as well as the greatest...
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martha: the pentagon is bracing for some massive changes. defense secretary leon panetta says drastic cuts to the defense department were just delayed after the fiscal cliff and they are starting to get ready for what they know is coming down the pipeline over the next couple months. they will begin taking steps to freeze civilian hiring and to delay some contract awards, all of this if congress can not reach a deal on the final spending plan. as you remember they delayed the whole thing by about six weeks. so the pentagon is facing spending cuts of nearly $500 billion over a decade and an additional 110 billion in automatic spending cuts in military and domestic programs by early march. some asking why just defense? why not other areas like entitlements but that one is baked in the cake. bill: another story on related matter. we'll talk to stephen hayes in a moment on that spending. at the white house house today this will be an interesting meeting. president obama and afghan president hamid karzai talking about america's future role in the
martha: the pentagon is bracing for some massive changes. defense secretary leon panetta says drastic cuts to the defense department were just delayed after the fiscal cliff and they are starting to get ready for what they know is coming down the pipeline over the next couple months. they will begin taking steps to freeze civilian hiring and to delay some contract awards, all of this if congress can not reach a deal on the final spending plan. as you remember they delayed the whole thing by...
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no doubt that will be part of the discussion today and also as our pentagon folks have been reporting president karzai will be coming to these meetings with a wish list. he needs helicopters. he wants border security surveillance equipment. he wants drones as well for surveillance purposes and these are things they're telling us not to expect any major break-through during the meetings. they'll have a bilateral meeting and a working lunch and then there will be a joint press conference. >> dan lothian reporting live from the white house, of course we'll bring you president obama and hamid karzai's live news conference. wolf blitzer will anchor special cover annuage at 1:00 p.m. east time. >>> better news this morning about the flu. cnn's elizabeth cohen got a look at new numbers out from the cdc, numbers set to officially be released later today. the number of cases are actually down with 24 states reporting high levels of flu last week, compared to 29 the week before. however, there were two more pediatric deaths, bringing the total to 20 and by pediatric deaths we mean children of c
no doubt that will be part of the discussion today and also as our pentagon folks have been reporting president karzai will be coming to these meetings with a wish list. he needs helicopters. he wants border security surveillance equipment. he wants drones as well for surveillance purposes and these are things they're telling us not to expect any major break-through during the meetings. they'll have a bilateral meeting and a working lunch and then there will be a joint press conference....
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. >>> and "the washington post," the pentagon is preparing for a worst-case scenario in which lawmakers failed to make its march 1st deadline on the budget deal. that would mean deep, across-the-board cuts including $500 million less for the defense department. leon panetta says it would be a huge setback for national security. >>> "the wall street journal," american express is set to cut 5,400 jobs. the company will slash 8.5% of its staff, mostly from its travel division which has lost business in the advent of internet travel sites. >>> this weekend's "parade" magazine, it's the savings issue. inside, a guide to saving $10,000 this year. >> did you hear that? you can save money. >> that's a good investment because that "parade" doesn't cost that much. so you can save. that's kind of a no-brainer. >> there you go. >> makes perfect sense to me. with us now, let's bring in chief white house correspondent for "politico" here with the morning playbook. you guys have a fascinating story regarding charles schumer. it seems that chuck schumer is the key to chuck hagel's failure or success. t
. >>> and "the washington post," the pentagon is preparing for a worst-case scenario in which lawmakers failed to make its march 1st deadline on the budget deal. that would mean deep, across-the-board cuts including $500 million less for the defense department. leon panetta says it would be a huge setback for national security. >>> "the wall street journal," american express is set to cut 5,400 jobs. the company will slash 8.5% of its staff, mostly from its...